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What have we to send by this wireless to Norway? A report of the Ku Klux Klan, or perhaps an account of the censorship of Jurgen? We get in return an even exchange of news of the party machinations in England or the intrigues at Lauzanne, or perhaps Lenine's promise of a capitalistic socialism. It will be recalled what narrow-mindedness was found "45 minutes from Broadway." What was sent to Norway on this trial message was. "How is the weather...
Sensationalism, no doubt, has magnified the facts, but the visit of Louisiana's governor to the Federal authorities at Washington shows at least that officialdom is taking a serious attitude toward the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. The government of Louisiana is probably not in immediate danger; but the future holds cause for concern...
...entirely and unalterably opposed to the Ku Klux Klan", declared Mr. A. A. Murfree, President of the University of Florida in an interview Saturday with a CRIMSON reporter, "since it is a very great menace to our society". He explained that the Klan had as yet cut no very great figure in politics, although it influenced considerably the recent elections in Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas. "It is one of the after effects of the great war," he continued, "one of the symptoms of the times. It is growing all the time, but is sure to run its course...
...advance and had their photographs taken as they stood around the burning bodies of their victims. There came vain appeals by the colored people to the President of the United States and to the Houses of Congress. And finally there came the reorganization and rapid growth of the Ku Klux Klan...
Even such aims of the Ku Klux Klan that are worthy for instance, "to assist the duly constituted authorities of one nation or state whenever and however they may call upon us" lose all their force because of the underground tactics and above-the-law attitude which the Klan adopts...